Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Luke 12

I’m loving reading the advent devotional in “From Creation to Christ” along with a daily reading of a chapter of Luke. Hope it blesses you, too.

“And when the Philistine [Goliath] looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance. And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?”

And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.”

Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

1 Samuel 17:42-47 ESV

And Jesus spoke to His disciples, saying

“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.”

Luke 12:4-7 ESV

Heavenly Father, thank You for holding my life in the palm of Your almighty, good hand. I know that You see me and know me and love me. You are indeed familiar with all my ways. Nothing is hidden from You. Increase my faith. Let me not fear anything that is frightening here in this world, but rather increase my fear of Your holy righteousness that I might walk constantly in awareness of Your presence. Give me strength to faithfully acknowledge You before men, not fearing what they might think about me or do to me, trusting that You are my true Father and my perfect judge and You hold every one of my days in Your almighty hands. In the Name of Jesus, who is my all-sufficient Savior and eternal king, I pray. Amen.